Daily Archives: July 6, 2009

Sen. Brian Foley, the former Brookhaven supervisor in his first year in the state Senate, is holding a fundraiser on July 13 at The Lands End in Sayville. Tickets are $200 per person, though Democratic Committee members can get in ...

When the Home Depot chain moved its Farmingdale store to Airport Plaza several years ago, it was still paying rent to its former landlord. But an appellate court has ruled that since there were cracks in the walls and floors ...

The Town of Hempstead accepted as complete the 6,500-page draft environmental statement for the $3.7 billion Lighthouse project Tuesday. The move clears the way for a public hearing Aug. 4 on the plan to redevelop 150 acres in Uniondale. Supervisor Kate Murray ...

A trade group’s measure of the health of the U.S. services sector contracted less than expected in June, reaching its highest level in nine months. The Institute for Supply Management’s services index read 47 in June, up from 44 in ...

Rep. Peter King on Monday took a shot at the media, saying the press “disgraced” itself for spending too much time covering Michael Jackson’s death. King said the King of Pop, who died last week, may have been a good ...

The renovations at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory haven’t gone unnoticed by the The Long Island Power Authority. The region’s energy authority has sent the lab, famous for its work in analyzing DNA, a rebate check for $224,900 to offset some ...

In a big break for online shoppers, Web retailers generally don’t have to charge sales taxes in states where they lack a store or some other physical presence. Increasingly, states aching under the weight of the recession are seeking a ...

Oil prices plunged nearly $3 to below $64 a barrel Monday as dismal unemployment figures from the U.S. and Europe last week sparked investor doubts about any nascent economic recovery. By midday in Europe, benchmark crude for August delivery fell ...

Gov. David Paterson said Sunday he’ll use a statewide tour this week to turn up the heat on senators who remain gridlocked in a monthlong power struggle. “I have taken advantage of my travel to speak to New Yorkers directly,” ...